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Dense but navigable; brilliant

Revisado: 03-31-18

Pros: fabulous review of a wide breadth of the biology of human behavior, clever framing of the topic with time preceding an action rather than through systems, and excellent explanatory style making challenging material digestible.

Cons: over-reliance on some of the increasingly empirically suspect implicit bias and priming research literatures, and while I love Sapolsky, he remains a bit of a hippie, an eminently reasonable and brilliant hippie, but a hippie nonetheless; so there is a bit of that interpretive lens.

This narrator is the epitome of an excellent nonfiction narrator.

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Dated material? Maybe. Dawkins' insights, timeless

Revisado: 09-02-17

Maybe one of the greatest science communicators ever gives you a clear and intuitive picture of the importance of the myriad permutations of life to the survival of the true driver of that biologic diversity, the gene that seeks to find ever more clever and successful ways to carry itself further and further into the future. His methods of explanation and his use of intuitive understanding in describing complex topics makes this one of the greatest source books ever written.

To boot, the extended and updated footnotes are included as they occur in the text and are read by Dawkins himself. Listening to those book I read 20 years ago was truly a pleasure.

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A quick and enjoyable visit to westeros

Revisado: 01-27-16

Harry Lloyd does an excellent job narrating. The three stories are great examples of how Martin is the king of mature fantasy fiction. Well worth the time as we wait for the next Song of Ice And Fire installment.

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Oliver Sacks never disappoints

Revisado: 01-13-16

Great case studies help to contribute to the demystifying and destigmatizing of hallucinations. While broad conclusions feel perpetually lacking but forever lingering at the precipice, it fills the gaps between the fear of hallucinations and the reality. And I guess, that is where conclusions leave us anyway, there are no broad conclusions to make other than hallucinations are many-faceted, manifold, varied, etiologically ambiguous, and more often than not, less serious than we suppose. There's a lesson in there, I think. Sacks was a great man, his stories probably embellished the science some but what good artist doesn't use embellishment to highlight the important facets of their subjects.

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Good story; kinda hokey narration

Revisado: 01-13-16

While the folksy narrating did grow on me and I came to understand it's rationale after listening to more of the story of Franklin's persona as a folksy scientist philosopher, I found the narrating at times distracting. That being said, the importance of the full scope of Franklin's life and the fascinating course that it charted through the colonial to revolutionary period in the nascent United States and the seeds of change in Europe that he either sowed or witnessed, make his story one worth knowing. The story makes some excuses for his cold dismissal (and possible neglect) of his family and it is here, with those serious and grave topics that the folksy narration draws too stark a contrast between narration and content.

Overall, it's worth the time because this man's story is so integral to the story of the establishment of the American story. I hope another biographer will take Franklin to task (McCullough or Chernow)...

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The most compelling founding father

Revisado: 12-14-15

I didn't want to stop listening. The story of Alexander Hamilton is so inherently compelling from such humble and shadowy beginnings to a "by your bootstraps" rise to prominence, acclaim, and influence on our young country to his heart-breaking fall from all the above; the narrative flows like a great fiction. Brick kills it in the narration, like always.

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Appropriately Pollyanna; stellar narration

Revisado: 12-14-15

There is plenty of the typically hyperbolic hero worship to be expected from a Washington biography but also a fair accounting of the sometimes hypocritical juxtaposition of the man's ideals relative to his actions on issues of slavery and business. It's an insightful look at the first president and an enjoyable narrative. Brick dies a typically stellar job narrating with clarity and emotion when needed without being distracting or leading the listener towards his own interpretation of the text.

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Dry narration of an excellent work of skepticism

Revisado: 05-13-15

While the narration is very intelligible it is devoid of the intonation which would better convey the skeptical demeanor of the text. The content is excellent and very necessary in this age of neuro-hyperbole (or neurobole, if you prefer).

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So good because it is so personal

Revisado: 03-22-15

It was well narrated and personally revealing while also offering a gritty accounting of the reality of a wartime hospital. This book also delves often into the wuss in which his Christian faith framed his experiences in both good and bad ways. Such as the moral injury of being a witness to the evils of war, the selflessness and good that individuals can muster despite being beset by evil, and the redemptive power of ceding control over one's life to God. Finally, he offers wonderful and moving insight into the very human experience of trying to figure out how to carry on with life during and after the fracturing of a relationship or marriage. If recommend this book to anyone but certainly anyone in military health system, healthcare providers of all stripes, anyone struggling through family or faith crises, and anyone interested in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So... basically everyone, as I'm sure we can all find a point of relation herein.

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Crucial information; outstanding narration

Revisado: 02-23-15

Full of vital information for Healthcare professionals and patients. Narration conveyed the sense of urgency and call to action required for a book like this. Brilliantly done!

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